https://www.nps.gov/pull News releases from Pullman National Historical Park. en-us https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/superintendent-teri-gage-retires.htm Sun, 08 Jun 2025 06:08:00 EST Teri Gage ends her nearly 40-year National Park Service career with Pullman https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/superintendent-teri-gage-retires.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-celebrates-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-brotherhood-of-sleeping-car-porters.htm Fri, 30 May 2025 06:06:00 EST Celebrate 100 Years of Brotherhood with us all year through August 2026 https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-celebrates-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-brotherhood-of-sleeping-car-porters.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/join-us-on-november-30th-for-the-winter-lights-of-pullman.htm Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:42:00 EST Come see the Winter Lights of Pullman on November 30th https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/join-us-on-november-30th-for-the-winter-lights-of-pullman.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/national-park-radio-is-coming-to-pullman-for-a-free-live-performance.htm Fri, 17 May 2024 11:16:00 EST Enjoy a free concert at Chicago's first National Park Site https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/national-park-radio-is-coming-to-pullman-for-a-free-live-performance.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-joint-general-management-plan-and-environmental-assessment-available.htm Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:01:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) are pleased to announce the release of the final Joint General Management Plan (JGMP) and Environmental Assessment for Pullman National Historical Park and Pullman State Historic Site. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-joint-general-management-plan-and-environmental-assessment-available.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/national-park-service-seeks-public-comment-on-the-joint-general-mangement-plan-and-environmental-assessment-for-pullman-national-historical-park-and-state-historic-site.htm Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:43:00 EST The Public comment period runs September 1 – October 15  https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/national-park-service-seeks-public-comment-on-the-joint-general-mangement-plan-and-environmental-assessment-for-pullman-national-historical-park-and-state-historic-site.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/national-monument-redesignated-pullman-national-historical-park.htm Fri, 30 Dec 2022 06:41:00 EST Legislation signed by the President on December 29, 2022, includes a provision that changes the designation of Pullman National Monument to Pullman National Historical Park. The historic Pullman community was designated a national monument by President Obama in 2015, making it the first National Park Service unit in Chicago. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/national-monument-redesignated-pullman-national-historical-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/joint-general-management-plan-for-pullman-national-monument-and-state-historic-site-begins.htm Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:45:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) are developing a joint general management plan for Pullman National Monument (Monument) and State Historic Site (Historic Site). https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/joint-general-management-plan-for-pullman-national-monument-and-state-historic-site-begins.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-national-monument-state-historic-site-receives-the-2022-landmarks-illinois-richard-h-driehaus-foundation-preservation-award-in-the-category-of-rehabilitation.htm Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:25:00 EST This award honors the collaborative partnership of federal and state agencies, non-profit organizations, and preservation advocates for their decades of leadership and advocacy work in Chicago’s Pullman community that led to the establishment of Pullman National Monument & State Historic Site, and the subsequent $35 million rehabilitation of the iconic Pullman Administration Clock Tower Building for adaptive reuse as the new National Park Service visitor center and remediation and redevelopment of the surrounding 12-acre historic factory grounds. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-national-monument-state-historic-site-receives-the-2022-landmarks-illinois-richard-h-driehaus-foundation-preservation-award-in-the-category-of-rehabilitation.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-national-monument-ribbon-cutting-ceremony.htm Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:56:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) in coordination with Illinois Department of Natural Resources officially opened the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site today with a program and ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating Pullman’s ties to Labor Day, including remarks by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-national-monument-ribbon-cutting-ceremony.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/celebrate-the-grand-opening.htm Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:38:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) invite the public to celebrate the Grand Opening of Pullman National Monument Visitor Center and State Historic Site grounds on Labor Day weekend, September 4 and 5, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/celebrate-the-grand-opening.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-national-monument-is-modifying-operations-to-implement-latest-health-guidance.htm Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:27:00 EST As of 3/18/2020, the shared Visitor Information Center at 11141 S. Cottage Grove is closed until further notice.  All National Park Service programs and events are cancelled through April 6, 2020.  Where it is possible to adhere to the latest health guidance, the national monument remains open, as it is an historic neighborhood within the city of Chicago. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-national-monument-is-modifying-operations-to-implement-latest-health-guidance.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/teri-gage-selected-as-superintendent.htm Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:51:00 EST National Park Service has announced the selection of Teri Gage as superintendent of Pullman National Monument in Illinois. A 32-year veteran of the NPS, Gage is currently chief of business services at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin and will assume her new role in April 2020. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/teri-gage-selected-as-superintendent.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-awards-contract-for-new-visitor-center.htm Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:56:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $5.8 million contract to stabilize the Administration Clock Tower Building and develop a visitor center for Pullman National Monument. The project is scheduled to start construction in February 2020 and take about a year to complete. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-awards-contract-for-new-visitor-center.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-women-and-work.htm Thu, 22 Aug 2019 06:37:00 EST Join us in Pullman National Monument from 1:00 – 4:30 pm on Monday, September 2, 2019 to celebrate Labor Day. This free outdoor event on the grounds of the historic Hotel Florence at Pullman State Historic Site (11111 S. Forrestville) and the shared Visitor Information Center (11141 S. Cottage Grove) celebrates the contributions workers have made to the strength and prosperity of America. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-women-and-work.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/work-on-pullman-clock-tower.htm Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:44:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) Denver Service Center (DSC) awarded a contract in the amount of approximately $2.2 million to local, small business Livewire Construction, Inc. for the roof replacement and window repair and replacement projects for the historic Administration Clock Tower Building. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/work-on-pullman-clock-tower.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/celebrate-labor-day-in-pullman-2018.htm Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:21:00 EST Join us at Pullman National Monument and Pullman State Historic Site from 2 -5 pm on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2018 to celebrate Labor Day and the Illinois Bicentennial.  https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/celebrate-labor-day-in-pullman-2018.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/celebrate-national-park-week-at-pullman-national-monument.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:14:00 EST Celebrate National Park Week at your neighborhood national park April 19 - 28, 2018 with various events. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/celebrate-national-park-week-at-pullman-national-monument.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/labor-day-weekend-program.htm Thu, 31 Aug 2017 05:31:00 EST Gather with your family and friends September 2nd, 2017 at Pullman National Monument for a Labor Day weekend celebration at Chicago’s only National Park Service site. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/labor-day-weekend-program.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/nps-seeks-public-comment-on-draft-environmental-assessment.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2017 06:00:00 EST The National Park Service has released the draft Pullman Factory Site Conceptual Design Environmental Assessment and is seeking public comment. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/nps-seeks-public-comment-on-draft-environmental-assessment.htm https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-first-superintendent.htm Mon, 03 Oct 2016 07:29:00 EST Kathleen Schneider, a 13-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the first Superintendent of the newly established Pullman National Monument in Chicago, Illinois. Schneider is currently the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Project Manager for the National Park Service on the $200-million CityArchRiver partnership construction project at the Arch in St. Louis. She begins her new assignment on October 30, 2016. https://www.nps.gov/pull/learn/news/pullman-first-superintendent.htm